A Therapists Guide to Consensual Nonmonogamy: Polyamory, Swinging, and Open Marriage [Paperback]

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory. Clinicians are on the front line in providing support for the estimated millions pioneering these modern relationships. This first available guide for therapists provides answers to prevalent questions: What is the difference between expanded monogamy and polyamory? Is CNM healthy and safe? Why would someone choose the complexities of multiple partners? What about the welfare of children? Through illustrative case studies from research and clinical practice, therapists will learn to assist clients with CNM agreements, jealousy, sex, time, family issues, and much more. A Therapist's Guide to Consensual Nonmonogamy serves as a step forward toward expanding standard clinical training and helps inform therapists who wish to serve the CNM population.

Acknowledgments  Preface  Introduction  Part One: Definitions and Social Issues  1. The Magical Story of Monogamy  2. Social and Clinical Misconceptions about Consensual Nonmonogamy (CNM)  3. Understanding Consensual Nonmonogamy  Part Two: Issues and Interventions  4. Agreements, Boundaries, and Rules in Consensual Nonmonogamy  Case Excerpt: Jill and Jack  5. Helping Jealous Clients  Case Excerpt: Ann and Stan  6. Communication Issues of Honesty and Disclosure  Case Excerpt: Sandra, Matt and Jon  7. Its About Time  Case Excerpt: Kim and Ranger  8. Attention and Mindfulness in Consensual Nonmonogamy  Case Excerpt: Sherry, Barry, and Shepherd  9. Sex and Consensual Nonmonogamy  Case Excerpt: Annika  10. Families and Consensual Nonmonogamy

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